A STRAY dog that suffered burns after wandering onto an Bootle train track and getting an electric shock has found a new home.

Bystanders rescued the animal after it walked down the line at Bootle New Strand railway station in May.

The dog was taken to the RSPCA to receive treatment for burns to it’s back and legs.

Kerry Jones, 36, a volunteer at Fir Tree Animal Sanctuary, Spurriers Lane, Melling, saw the story in the Bootle Times and contacted the sanctuary to see if they could help.

She said: “When I saw she had been taken to the RSPCA I knew that if nobody claimed her within seven days she would be destroyed.

“At the animal sanctuary we have a no destruction policy so I knew this would be the best place for her.”

The dog was unclaimed after seven days, and with nobody interested in adopting her she was collected by the sanctuary’s rehoming officer, Cathy Billington.

Kerry said: “She was due to be put down on a Friday, but luckily when we rang the RSPCA on Saturday she still hadn’t been destroyed. On the Monday Cathy went to pick her up and brought her here.”

When she arrived at the sanctuary, Kerry named the dog Sylvia, and she was rehomed shortly after by a disabled woman from Skelmersdale.

Cathy said: “Sadly, she is one of many abandoned animals. Two very sad cases came to us recently. The first was a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, now called Paige, who was abandoned in a wood yard in Kirkby.

“The second was a dog we have now called Rex, who had been dumped in the canal. Luckily he was found in time and brought to us.”